Bantam Steve
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Just found this
Sounds the biz
Just found this
Sounds the biz
I'll look into this one good shout miffsterBlipper ,IRC, company in Italy , it's 590 quid sorry not 550
Yes Alex 'just' the bump n blip , I had a grand in mind , might of gone 1500 but that price is ridiculous , I'm sure it's good quality and all but I can't justify 2.5k for what will be the ability to down shift clutchless. I think their market is WSB and TT .
Good luck to them .
Guys, had some correspondence with Roy the MD at Pro-shift. I mentioned the price being a bit on the top side of what I was thinking (just being honest) and he did take the time to explain (I hope Roy doesnt mind me quoting him):
"Yes I can understand that it may be deemed a little expensive however we are a small British company and everything we do is developed and built in house we do and will not use cheap overseas manufacturing as I feel quality and longevity is the key, so we try to build all of our products using the best available materials and components, I am an IOM TT Sidecar racer and believe me if it can fail then the TT will make it fail so it is a great testing ground for us. You will I’m sure understand that BMW do not like us messing with their electronics and it takes a long time to get on top of them so clearly this affects build costs and of course we have been making DBS (Downshift Blipping Systems) for superbike for a lot longer than BMW and others and I am certain that operating a blipper (pre gearbox loading as we do) is the best way, BMW and the rest use a load cell and this is a bad idea because the gearbox dogs are already loaded before the “blip” can unload them, this is why we use a proximity sensor so the “blip” trigger point can be adjusted to avoid gearbox wear and give the desired seamless clutchless downshifts."
Now we can each take an opinion on what is 'value of money' and what is 'cheap' but I like what he says. There are significant differences between technologies and workmanship which is reflected in the price. With my bike I would be very reluctant to have a 3rd party blipper fitted that might either fail or screw the gearbox, as that could lead to far worse consequences than just a hardware failure. IOM pedigree is not to be sniffed at.
Having said all that, I'm ok with using my clutch lever to downshift and spending the savings on sex, drugs and rock n roll.
If we had a handful of members wanting to get this mod (I would be up for it once my kidney has sold on ebay) then there is a deal to be had, but it's still going to be north of ?2k including the VAT as things are currently.
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